Parker Kligerman just can’t seem to land in the good books of NASCAR race officials. Last year in the Xfinity Series an untimely caution at Charlotte Roval played the role of a spoiled his chances of his first win. And a year later, he finds himself in a similar predicament after the conclusion of the Truck Series race at Daytona. The only difference, this time around Kligerman did grab the checkered flag but his No. 75 truck couldn’t pass the post-race inspection.

Well, the Henderson Motorsports team were confident about their arguments and appealed to reverse this decision. But this time around they couldn’t find answers against NASCAR’s technicality, which Kligerman believes to be flawed. NASCAR standing their ground firmly stated that, “The No. 75 truck did not pass post-race inspection when officials found that it failed to meet ridge-height requirements.”

Kligerman didn’t react hastily on social media after the decision was made. He rather hoped that the appeal would reverse the decision and hand him the win he rightly earned. But now that the dust has settled down, the former Xfinity Series driver has voiced his frustration against the sanctioning body. Questioning the procedure and the sketchy rule book they operate to make such judgement calls.

The Gray Area of NASCAR’s Rule Book

Post-race inspection is indeed a slippery slope for the NASCAR teams and drivers. And unfortunately, Henderson Motorsports and NASCAR officials weren’t on the same wavelength at Daytona. Going by Kilgerman’s revelation the infringement that officials flagged to DQ him was already approved by them during the pre-race tech inspection.

“In pre-race, when you go up there, you unhook the shocks, and you can literally place the front end of these trucks. You can place it anyway you want,” Kligerman stated. “So when you go up on the height sticks pre-race, you have the shocks unhooked, they put on the height sticks. And if your front end is low, say, or high, you just push the front end down to be at six and a half, or lift it up to be at six and a half.”

On the other hand, post-race inspection follows a completely different protocol. “A difference to pre-race, which we’ve now discovered, is that when you’ve set and measure the front end, then you can no longer touch it once it goes in the height sticks,” Kligerman revealed in the interview. “So you just have to hope it’s correct.”

According to Kligerman. this difference in procedure is where the miscommunication occurred. He claims that the race officials instructed his crew to unhook the shocks and lift the front end of the truck during the post-race inspection, as they do in the pre-race inspection. “That is what our crew guys remember being told,” Kligerman said. “It’s, you know, we had four crew members who all validated that same statement from 2 different officials so they did as directed and once they let go the truck they were told you cannot touch it anymore.”

What’s shocking is that Kligerman stated that there is not written procedure for pre-race and post-race inspection. “Now there’s a bulletin in 2023 and none of the procedures are written in the rule book. There are no processes, either pre or post written in any rule book.” But on the flip side of things, NASCAR in their release cited infringement of (Section 14.17.3.3.3.A in the rulebook).

Furthermore, rule 10.5.2.4 necessitated a race disqualification, which meant that there would be no further appeal by the team over this ruling. It wasn’t just Kligerman who found himself on the bitter end of the stick thanks to the NASCAR ruling. Chase Briscoe and JGR found themselves also found themselves in deep water after the Daytona race weekend.

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100 points penalty for No. 19 JGR team

Ideally, Chase Briscoe had the best start to the 2025 NASCAR season with the pole win for the Daytona 500. But after the racing concluded at the high banks of Daytona, the No. 19 team received a big surprise as their car was subjected to random check. And next thing you know they are in deep trouble. Briscoe’s team was penalized 100 driver points and 10 playoff points for a violation of the category’s rules about modifications to single-supplier components.

JGR was also fined $100,000 and crew chief James Small was suspended for four race weekends. Things are going to be tricky for Briscoe who now has to manage his weekends without his crew chief at the top of his pit box. “I mean, obviously, it’s not ideal, timing-wise, right? You know, especially at the beginning of the season, just as we’re trying to kind of understand each other and get to know each other more.” The driver said ahead of the Atlanta race.

Briscoe has had his fair share of penalties while racing with SHR. Back in 2023, the No. 14 team was handed an L3 penalty which docked 120 points for both the owner and the driver, along with 25 playoff points. The good news for the driver and JGR is that they still have the opportunity to reverse this decision with an appeal. But, if things do change for good, he will find himself in a must-win scenario to make it to the playoffs.

“But if we don’t win the appeal, I already used those up. I don’t have any weekends that I can have, you know, bad. So, yeah, we’ll definitely change things, but you’re still gonna have to win if you want to be a championship contender. You have to win a race anyways to get into playoffs, and, yeah, hopefully, that’s what we can do.” He added.

Given the nature of appeals and the recent precedent, it’s just hard to see Briscoe and JGR get what they want from their appeal.